Francisco X. Alarcon (1954–2016)
Autore di Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems = Jitomates Risueños y Otros Poemas de Primavera: Poems
Sull'Autore
Francisco X. Alarcón was born in Los Angeles, California on February 21, 1954. He grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico. He received an undergraduate degree from California State University at Long Beach and a MA from Stanford University. He was the author of 14 collections of poetry for both children mostra altro and adults. His collections of poetry for adults include Body in Flames/Cuerpo en Llamas; De Amor Oscuro/Of Dark Love; From the Other Side of Night/Del Otro Lado de la Noche: New and Selected Poems; Ce Uno One: Poemas para el Nuevo Sol/Poems for the New Sun; Borderless Butterflies: Earth Haikus and Other Poems/Mariposas sin Fronteras: Haikus Terrenales y Otros Poemas; and Canto Hondo/Deep Song. Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation won the American Book Award. He also received the 1984 Chicano Literary Prize, the 1993 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and a Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association in 2002. His collections of poetry for children include Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems/Los Angeles Andan en Bicicleta y Otros Poemas de Otoño and Iguana in the Snow and Other Winter Poems/Iguanas en la Nieve y Otros Poemas de Invierno. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems/Jitomates Risuenos y Otros Poemas de Primavera won the National Parenting Publications Gold Award and From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems/Del Ombligo de la Luna y Otros Poemas de Verano won the American Library Association's Pura Belpré Honor Award for Latino Literature. He served as director of the Spanish for Native Speakers Program at the University of California at Davis, and taught for the Art of the Wild workshop and the California Poets in the Schools program. He died of cancer on January 15, 2016 at the age of 61. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Francisco X. Alarcon
Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems = Jitomates Risueños y Otros Poemas de Primavera: Poems (1601) 172 copie
From the Bellybutton of the Moon: And Other Summer Poems / Del Ombligo de la Luna: Y Otros Poemas de Verano (The… (1998) 137 copie
Angels Ride Bikes: And Other Fall Poems / Los Angeles Andan en Bicicleta: Y Otros Poemas de Otoño (The Magical… (1999) 90 copie
Poems to Dream Together/poemas Para Sonar Juntos: Poemas Para Sonar Juntos (Multilingual Edition) (2005) 85 copie
Family Poems for Every Day of the Week: Poemas Familiares Para Cada Dia de la Semana (English and Spanish Edition) (2017) 26 copie
Opere correlate
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 919 copie
Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience (2019) — Collaboratore — 68 copie
Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (1994) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
Without Discovery: A Native Response to Columbus (Turning Point Series) (1992) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Alarcón, Francisco Xavier
- Data di nascita
- 1954-02-21
- Data di morte
- 2016-01-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Wilmington, California, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Davis, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Guadalajara, Mexico
Palo Alto, California, USA
Davis, California, USA - Istruzione
- Stanford University (MPhil)
Stanford University (MA)
California State University, Long Beach (AB|Spanish and History|1977) - Attività lavorative
- university professor
poet - Organizzazioni
- University of California, Davis
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
Angels Ride Bikes: And Other Fall Poems / Los Angeles Andan en Bicicleta: Y Otros Poemas de Otoño (The Magical Cycle of the Seasons Series) (2000)
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- 56
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